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Funding agencies through the eyes of the poor by Motilal Sharma It is very difficult to grasp how one could survive on less than $1 a
day. Nevertheless, an estimated 1 billion people in the Asia-Pacific
region, or about 30 percent of the Asian population, scrape by on such a
marginal sum-which would only buy a cup of coffee in a California coffee
shop. A further 1 billion, or another about 30 percent of Asia, make do
with twice that sum-two cups of coffee at the same coffee shop. A total of
2.5 billion people are living on US$ 2 a day or less. Other Stories
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